BELGRADE, Serbia – If I were young and wealthy and thinking about where my money might grow best over the next 20 years or so, I’m quite confident I’d be setting up shop somewhere in Eastern Europe. From Estonia up north in the Baltics, to Serbia, down south, here in the Balkans, money and wealth …

I’ve noticed something about myself in recent years: Instead of mellowing with age, I’m becoming increasingly intolerant of people. And I think it’s because too many of my fellow Americans are increasingly becoming mindless sheep. I don’t assume they’re uneducated; given the ease with which just about anyone can attend college these days, I assume …

I am confused by the Americans who voted for Trump. While sitting in the Miami airport for an extended layover on the way to Europe, I got myself embroiled in a Twitter battle with the Trump Army. I had responded to a post by a Trump fan, and soon enough I was tweeting back and …

Landed last night in Istanbul, Turkey. And I was hungry. Specifically, I was hungry for lamb. I last visited Istanbul maybe a decade ago, gathering a variety of research for a book I wrote on global investing, The World is Your Oyster. (By the way, hated that title, but the publisher wanted it, so, you know…) …

Wall Street caked its trousers on Wednesday. The Street seems to be reaching the point where fear of a Trumpian future outweighs hope for a Trumpian future. Whatever your position on the White House occupant, one fact is clear: He represents a definable risk, as it relates to Wall Street and our investment dollars. And …

Dear, Donald… I’m worried about you. I see you on TV and, while you generally look OK (maybe cut back a wee bit on the chocolate cake when playing Nintendo’s new “Bomb the Shit Out Of’em” late at night on your Wii), your actions speak to a White House version of Gotham’s own Harvey Dent. …

Must’ve been a nice house back in the day. Today, well, no words needed, really… I came across this house by happenstance. My great-aunt passed away a few weeks ago; she was 94. She had requested cremation and that I drive her cremains from her home in South Louisiana to a cemetery in northern Indiana, …

DJT thinks the dollar is too strong. He wants a weaker buck. And he’s going to get his wish … but the reason will be because of something few investors expect: a strong euro. “Strong” and “euro” are not a pair of words that have spent much time commingling in recent years. At $1.06 per …

So, now, China isn’t a currency manipulator. And NATO is good, not obsolete. And Steve Bannon is obsolete, not good. Same with Putin – not good, anymore … though not, yet, obsolete. Fed Chair Janet Yellen is no longer obsolete either, and that’s good, according to our new president, because “I do like a low-interest …

Four for four? I think so. But let me explain… It was early last summer (2016), just before the Brexit vote in Britain, that I wrote (for a former employer) that the Brits would surprise the world and vote to leave the European Union. It was not the popular position to stake. Those who care …

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Jeff Opdyke

Globally focused investment analyst who has traveled to more than 60 countries to put geo-political and geo-economic events into an investment perspective. I consult to asset- and wealth-management firm 1291 Group of the America. And, since my 9/11 experience, I worry that America is moving in the wrong direction...